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there has been a vigil honouring the victims of the possible hate crime victims of the possible hate crime after an engineer was shot in bar and another wounded. large numbers of the billions are leaving their homes in western owes all as iraqis push into mosul. the woman accused of involvement in the murder of the half brother of north korea's leader has said again she is innocent. she says she was paid $90 to take part in what she thought was a prank. claudio ranieri has met the leicester city players to say goodbye. the italian was sacked as manager in the nine months after the tea m manager in the nine months after the team won the premier league title. leicester are just team won the premier league title. leicester arejust one team won the premier league title. leicester are just one point above the relegation zone. coming up at ten o'clock, ben blair and will be here with a full
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round—up of the day's news at first, in iraqi kurdistan, killing a woman to protect the family's honour is seen by some as acceptable but campaigners are working to change the beliefs that lead to such violent. 0ur the beliefs that lead to such violent. our world has been to northern iraq to tell the story of one woman whose father is on the run used of killing her. a team of kurdish police are about to make an arrest in irbil, the capital of iraqi kurdistan. the crime is adultery, an activity that in most western countries has long ceased to be illegal. but some take the law into their own hands. unable to live with the shame adultery or any sex outside marriage
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threatens to bring on their family. the law says it is murder. but so—called honour killings are still common in kurdistan. forgotten victims in a place where killing for honour is still widely seen as acceptable. but as images of murdered women are shown around the world, has kurdistan been shamed into action? we start with the story of one of the most publicised honour killings in recent years. it made news around the country. though at first the dead woman's
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identity was unknown. the killing had all the signs of an honour crime. though at first the dead woman's identity was unknown. later she was named as 21—year—old sunwr 0mar. in kurdistan, where honour killing takes place, family members normally collect the body. but nobody came for sunwr. this was when ronak farag got involved. for 25 years, ronak has been trying to bring an end to honour killings. she runs a charity that works to stop family disputes turning violent. not always successful.
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she keeps pictures of the women she has been unable to save. ronak had known sunwr for years. she was disgusted that no one had collected her body from the morgue. so she pressed for its release. i had never seen the media devote so much attention to an honour killing. it made me think that maybe something was changing in kurdistan. today, sunwr is to be put to rest.
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there are press and tv crews everywhere . and people are angry. it is more than three weeks since sunwr was killed. in keeping with tradition, kurds bury their dead within 2a hours. but by not collecting her body, ronak‘s family's apparent disrespect has kept the story in the news. it has also created public outrage. sunwr‘s father is conspicuously absent. he hasn't been seen since the day she died. an honour killing is always carried
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out by a close relative. sunwr had no brothers, so her father is a natural suspect. and according to ronak, he had never disguised his intentions. adultery and any sex outside marriage or even having a relationship with a man not approved of by the family can bring harsh punishment. such behaviour by a woman, oi’ even just rumours, are seen as shaming the entire family.
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the outcome is almost always violence against the woman. in 2007, another honour crime shocked the whole of kurdistan and beyond. mobile phones captured the murder of a 17—year—old girl called du'a. she belonged to the yazidi faith but lived in a kurdish village. a large crowd stoned her to death because she wanted to marry a non—yazidi. the footage shows local police standing by, doing nothing. the images brought shame to kurdistan but also a political will to try to tackle the problem. the government began spending money on shelters and new charities sprang up to support them.
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i wanted to know more about sunwr‘s story. she had spent her whole life here. her parents separated when she was a child. and she lived mostly with her grandfather, who owns a small shop. when sunwr was a teenager, she got involved with a local boy without her father's knowledge. the couple planned to make a life together. sunwr took around $2500 in cash from her grandfather's shop and gave it to her boyfriend. he told her he was serious
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about them being together. sunwr‘s grandfather told the police about the stolen money. he insisted they press charges. sunwr was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison. on her release, she came here, to this shelter for women. it is a refuge for those who have fled their families and are still in fear for their lives. sunwr‘s father, 0mar raza, was still threatening to kill her, but so long as she stayed in the shelter, she was safe. ronak says she did all she could for sunwr. she even managed to get her a job in a government office. i am told that while working there, she made friends with a colleague. i want to ask sunwr‘s
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friend about her. so i am going with ronak to the office where she works. on our way there we're asked to stop filming because it is a government restricted location. sunwr‘s friend is willing to talk about her and her father, 0mar raza, on the condition we disguise her identity. in the summer of 2015, sunwr, now 21, gave up herjob and married her boyfriend. but three years after she had first left home, ronak her team remembered him from sunwr‘s time in the shelter. they knew he was dangerous. but they thought they could stop him. in these circumstances, sunwr‘s death looked inevitable. it was like a car
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crash in slow motion. ronak is about to show me where the killing took place. 0n the 2nd of october 2015, sunwr was sitting on a bench in this park. no one knows why she had come here. in the past, if a man killed his wife, daughter or sister for reasons of honour, he could plead mitigating circumstances. in 2015, the kurdish government changed the law. today, an honour killing must be treated like any other murder. in theory, at least. ronak, her colleagues, people in the media, everyone i have spoken to is certain the killer was sunwr‘s father, 0mar raza. so why have the police not arrested him? it is now two months later and sunwr‘s father, 0mar raza, remains the prime suspect.
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and he has still not been seen since the murder. i hear that the police are planning to search his house again. it is 10am and we are heading for 0mar raza's house. the police have agreed to let me film the raid. we are going with a heavily armed swat team and eight other police officers to the old quarter of the city. this inspector is in charge.
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at first, he thinks someone may be watching us. the police could easily break down the door. instead, they choose to climb over the outside wall, worried their man might escape. inside, they find a mysterious pit. this is the third time the police have raided the house.
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once again, they leave empty—handed. there is no sign the father has been here recently. the inspector and his team are still looking for sunwr‘s father, 0mar raza. the police go to the shop owned by 0mar raza's father, sunwr‘s grandfather. at first, it looks promising.
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the grandfather is at home, though he is not saying much. the grandfather claims not to know much. the inspector isn't convinced. i know that sunwr used to live here with her grandfather.
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i also knew the grandfather had spoken about his son's threats to murder sunwr. ronak and i visit the shop next door to ask the owners about the killing. as ever in kurdistan, everyone knows about an honour killing but no one wants to talk about it. it is now more than a year since sunwr‘s death and despite police efforts, no one has been arrested. but her name continues to make headlines. the police tell me they are still hunting for sunwr‘s father but many here think there is a good chance he will never be brought to justice. it is almost time for me to end my investigation and leave kurdistan. i have met many people fighting to change social
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attitudes to honour killings. and i have also seen how the police face huge obstacles in persecuting perpetrators. honour killing is so deep—rooted in some parts of kurdish society that ending it will take much more than a change in the law. before i leave, i am going with ronak to the place where sunwr is buried. thanks to ronak and her colleagues, sunwr has not been forgotten. just a few days ago, storm doris brought near 100 mile now winds to oui’ brought near 100 mile now winds to our shores and now we have storm ewa n our shores and now we have storm ewan on the way. a significant impact is expect that in ireland but
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we will see heavy rain and wind across our we will see heavy rain and wind across oui’ shores. storm we will see heavy rain and wind across our shores. storm ewan is developing all the while, heading oui’ developing all the while, heading our way as we get into sunday, a real squeeze on the isobars and things picking up, heavy rain in northern ireland, the western side two, winds up to 70 miles an hour. very wet and windy for the north and west of the uk. much try and milder towards the south and east. still pretty blustery in the morning. someone tree weather over higher ground. quite colder northern england, touch of frost of a living. i'll settle the day on monday, low pressure firmly in charge, lots of isobars, last of the day. it starts
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off white wet in central and eastern areas, a good rush of showers. some thunder and how as well. wet weather works eastwards through the morning and then we see sunshine and showers deriving as we get on into the afternoon. some showers bring wintry weather in the afternoon and there will be hail, some sunshine in between but colder feel towards things. monday night into tuesday, the big picture looks fairly complex andi the big picture looks fairly complex and i think it will be, with low pressure still in charge, quite and settled. lighter winds for central and eastern areas but breezy towards the north and west. spells of sunshine and showers and a chilly start of the day and it will be quite chilly in the afternoon, single figures across the board. wednesday, the 1st of march, the first day of the meteorological spring but i don't think we will see much in the way of springlike
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weather. chilli in the breeze but a fair bit of dry weather. thicker cloud and out breaks of rain. triana southwest. most places in single figures temperatures. thursday, the weather front towards the south—west will bring some cloud, some rain with it, towards the north—east after a chilly start, it will be dry in the afternoon. more cloud in the south, the rain tending to fizzle out. into the early part of march, we are on the cold side of the jet strea m we are on the cold side of the jet stream so it will stay quite chilly by day and by night, some frosty mornings to come for some. the jet strea m mornings to come for some. the jet stream will add areas of low pressure and they may well affect the western side of the uk with spells of rain but equally, there is a low chance of something more vigorous developing but also
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something a bit more settled creeping down from the north so finally balanced in the early part of march. spells of rain moving through, dry spells as well, but we are in the cold air so it will be chilly by day and particularly through the mornings. the fifth is this is bbc news.
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the headlines at 10. labour's deputy leader tom watson rules out another leadership contest, but says the party must do better. this is not the time for a leadership election, that issue was settled last year, but we have to do better, we cannot sustain this level of distance from our electorate. president trump tweets he will not attend the white house correspondence dinner this year. police in the german city of heidelberg have shot and injured a man after he drove a car into pedestrians gathered in one of the city's squares. three men have appeared in court on slavery charges after the discovery of a cannabis factory at a disused nuclear bunker in wiltshire. also in the next hour we'll take a first look
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